CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
(part six)
“What? What was that?” Mike jumped to his feet. “Why did you look at Jill? Leave Jill out of this.”
When Jill put her hand on Mike’s forearm, Mike looked down at his sister.
“Please sit down.” Jill said. Leaning around Mike, she said, “Please Steve. Please.”
Steve’s attention jerked to Jill. Seeing her distress, he [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
(part five)
Monday – 6:40 P.M.
The Castle
The silence in the dining room was deafening. Sitting between Mike and Jacob, Jill looked from face to face in the room. Easy going, kind, wonderful, loving Steve was a bound up in rage. His pregnant wife, Leslie, kept trying to calm him. Candy and Jazmyne looked like they [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
(part four)
Monday – 12:40 P.M
“We’re confused,” Mike said. “Val’s never had regular periods. Especially since she’s been an actress. She’s too thin for that. And with the movie, she’s lost even more body fat.”
“When was your last period, Val?” The doctor asked.
“Boy, I don’t know,” she said. “Last summer some time. I haven’t been [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
(part three)
Monday – 12: 36 P.M.
“Hey Jill.” Delphie tried for casual. She didn’t want Jill to know that she’d been pacing in front of the door waiting for her. “How was your first day of school?”
“Exciting!” Jill said. Jill set her books down so she could greet Scooter and Sarah. The dogs wagged and [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
(part two)
Monday – 12:05 A.M
“Sir? If you could follow me.”
The nurse led Mike and Valerie into a small comfortably decorated room. There was a love seat, a television with DVDs stacked around a player and a variety of magazines.
“You know what to do?” The nurse asked.
Mike nodded. Valerie plopped down on the love [...]

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Two weeks later
Monday – 7:30 A.M
“It’s Ok to drop me here,” Nash said. He shifted as if to get out of Aden’s moving SAAB sedan.
“We can go another block, Nash,” Noelle said from the back seat.
“That’s not school property either,” Sandy said. “Plus the windows are dark. Who’s going to know the contraband drop [...]

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